(26 March 2015 - 06:01 AM)
I dont know about all that. As bad as we get over sports the Brits get far worse. You might suffer a huge beat down if you say the wrong thing there. Well maybe not being its televised to the U.S.. Security probably be pretty tight.

(26 March 2015 - 07:04 AM)
Ive seen a lot of videos. Most countries go psycho over their soccer teams. Ive seen some serious very bloody beat downs. Fans stabbing the players and refs,etc. And they say we are bad in the U.S. not even close to that.

(27 March 2015 - 02:37 AM)
London is 4 hours ahead of east coast U.S. Bellator prelims are 7pm Friday night U.S. East Coast time and the main card is 9pm So just add 4 hours to that if you can catch either. Im sure you can catch a stream or use a U.S. VPN if you dont have access to Spike.com. You guys might get Bellator on another channel their just like with the UFC.

(27 March 2015 - 02:47 AM)
Anyway only reason I mentioned it was because of your sense of humor. The last Bellator 134 was called the British Invasion. If you watch mma Might want to add this site to your favorites http://www.mmauk.net...y/bellatornews/

(27 March 2015 - 02:55 AM)
There was one of those hour long shows about the upcoming event featuring the fighters the prior week to Bellator 134 and all 4 of the Brits were cocky as hell. Yelling "The British are coming!!!!"

It may stop the rare occasions where a 10-6 or better team misses out on the playoffs, but expanding the playoffs to 14 would more often lead to 8-8 teams making it in. Plus you'd have to eliminate the #2 seed getting a bye or have a play-in game between the #7 and #6 seeds, which would add in another week and disadvantage the top two seeds who would be out of action for a fortnight.

It may stop the rare occasions where a 10-6 or better team misses out on the playoffs, but expanding the playoffs to 14 would more often lead to 8-8 teams making it in. Plus you'd have to eliminate the #2 seed getting a bye or have a play-in game between the #7 and #6 seeds, which would add in another week and disadvantage the top two seeds who would be out of action for a fortnight.

Let's not forget.....Seattle made it in a couple years back with a 7-9 record. The expansion is meant to prevent situations like this in that there were teams with more wins that did not make it into the postseason because of the current structure. I have a feeling we're going to end up seeing more 7-9 regardless.

I will not be forgotten. This is my time to shine. I've got the scars to prove it. Only the strong survive.

Let's not forget.....Seattle made it in a couple years back with a 7-9 record. The expansion is meant to prevent situations like this in that there were teams with more wins that did not make it into the postseason because of the current structure. I have a feeling we're going to end up seeing more 7-9 regardless.

This season that is entirely possible. Washington has imploded. Chip Kelly got figured out in just 2 weeks. The Giants can't seem to get out of their own way or stop a wet paper bag so the division is primed for Dallas to win. Believe it or not the AFC East is currently the most competitive if you think about it considering there's no team under .500 at the moment.

I will not be forgotten. This is my time to shine. I've got the scars to prove it. Only the strong survive.

So that's five 8-8 teams, nine 9-7 teams, five 10-6 teams and one 11-5 team.

While only a quarter of teams are 8-8, nearly three quarters of the teams that would have qualified finished with eight or nine wins. 9-7 may be a winning record - and one of our recent AFC Championship games came with that record - but it would still mainly benefit mediocre teams; the difference between 9-7 and 7-9, after all, is really usually a lucky break or two.

So that's five 8-8 teams, nine 9-7 teams, five 10-6 teams and one 11-5 team.

While only a quarter of teams are 8-8, nearly three quarters of the teams that would have qualified finished with eight or nine wins. 9-7 may be a winning record - and one of our recent AFC Championship games came with that record - but it would still mainly benefit mediocre teams; the difference between 9-7 and 7-9, after all, is really usually a lucky break or two.

I thought he was nothing but an as usual "over hyped" college coach before the season started. And the way I see it Kelly is just a repeat of what most college coaches do in their first NFL coaching job. Most fail miserably. Second timers tend to do better.

I didn't think Kelly was going to come into the NFL and change the NFL as the media acted like he was going to do and he hasn't proven me wrong yet. If he lasts more than a few years before being fired I will be surprised. I expect him to go back to college in the next few years.

I thought he was nothing but an as usual "over hyped" college coach before the season started. And the way I see it Kelly is just a repeat of what most college coaches do in their first NFL coaching job. Most fail miserably. Second timers tend to do better.

I didn't think Kelly was going to come into the NFL and change the NFL as the media acted like he was going to do and he hasn't proven me wrong yet. If he lasts more than a few years before being fired I will be surprised. I expect him to go back to college in the next few years.

He hasn't proclaimed to "try to change the NFL" or anything of the sort. He doesn't even have his QB in (or most of his guys), he is coaching a team most predicted to win 6 games this season (on that pace). Oh and he has a chance to win the division still.

You don't "figure" someone out in 5 games. He's not had enough time to judge him.

This season that is entirely possible. Washington has imploded. Chip Kelly got figured out in just 2 weeks. The Giants can't seem to get out of their own way or stop a wet paper bag so the division is primed for Dallas to win. Believe it or not the AFC East is currently the most competitive if you think about it considering there's no team under .500 at the moment.

Jetsman05, on 04 October 2013 - 05:41 PM, said:

Funniest thing here: Chip Kelly got "figured out"

ROBJETS, on 07 October 2013 - 02:27 PM, said:

Not sure what you mean by that?

I thought he was nothing but an as usual "over hyped" college coach before the season started. And the way I see it Kelly is just a repeat of what most college coaches do in their first NFL coaching job. Most fail miserably. Second timers tend to do better.

I didn't think Kelly was going to come into the NFL and change the NFL as the media acted like he was going to do and he hasn't proven me wrong yet. If he lasts more than a few years before being fired I will be surprised. I expect him to go back to college in the next few years.

Not so much Chip Kelly as it is Foles. If not for Foles this team would definitely not be in this position.Not even close. Trying to say anything different is a bunch of crap. The gm is the genius for bringing Foles in.Not to mention Foles got in due to injury not some genius coaching decision.

On top of that the NFC East is a total toilet with Dallas having one of the worst defenses in the NFL still having a chance to win and get in next week. Also if Philly loses next week they will have went 3-3 in one of the if not the worst division in football.Some divisions have worse records but this division is just plain terrible.

So that said I'm still not convinced he is some great coach yet. Lets be logical and revisit this topic in a another year or two to see how this team fares multiple years. You can use Rex is an example. The team he was given had a heck of a lot of talent and made it to the AFC Championship two years with a sh*t qb and was considered a great coach but now that the team has had very little talent he is considered a terrible coach by many.

I find what Reid has done with the Chiefs far more impressive than a Philly team that could go 9-7 and be out of the playoffs but we will see what they are really about in the playoffs since they are more likely to win next week with Romo out.

As far as adding more playoff teams as to the initial thread question I'm against it like many others. However Id like to see the seeding rules changed. In the NBA you can get a higher seed even if you aren't a division winner. I like those rules because in my mind a division winner that goes 9-7,8-8, or whatever shouldn't get a home playoff game over a team that didn't win its division and has a better record.
The NFC South and NFC West Wild Card teams both will have a better record(unless the Saints lose to the Bucs week 17) than either of the NFC North or NFC East division winner.

Basically just saying that winning a division shouldn't always guarantee a 3rd or 4th seed if they have a bad record. Id like to see division winners with bad worse records than the current wild card teams get 5th and 6th seeds.